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of THE YELLOW ROSE 



ORGANIZED, JUNE II, 1908 
CHARTERED, JUNE 15, 1908 









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X T would appear that before 1805 an order of chiv¬ 
alry was formed in America, known as the Im¬ 
perial Military Order of the Yellow Rose, and 
on the scroll of the order the following names 
are found: 

“Viscount de Fronsac, John Milledge, Augusta, Georgia, 
late Governor; John Irvine Bulloch, Judge Archibald Stobo 
Bulloch of Savannah, Georgia; Noble Wymberley Jones, 
M. D., John Glen, Chief Justice of Georgia, Major John 
Habersham, W. Harden, and J. Maxwell, all of Georgia, 
and James De Veaux and John Rutledge of South Caro¬ 
lina.” 

This order was revived May 11, 1908, by Dr. Joseph 
Gaston Baillie Bulloch, grandson of John Irvine Bulloch 
and great grandson of Judge John Glen, and also descended 











from Dr. Noble Wymberley Jones, the title of Military be¬ 
ing left out and the proviso added, that none but those of 
royal descent shall hereafter be admitted into membership 
in the order. After several meetings and consultations the 
following constitution was adopted, and application made 
for a charter, which was granted under the laws of the 
United States, in the District of Columbia, on the 15th of 
June, 1908. 


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Whereas all should keep a perfect record of their ancestry 
in order that future generations may be able to prove 
whence they came, and also 1 be able to connect their rec¬ 
ords with others, that a true and authentic history may be 
compiled and a faithful and accurate account be made of 
descent from illustrious progenitors, so we, bearing in mind 
our descent, have formed this order, to be known as the 
Imperial Order of the Yellow Rose, to be composed of those 
of royal lineage. 


Name. 

This order shall be known as the Imperial Order of 
the Yellow Rose. 


Location. 

The location of the order shall be in the city of Wash¬ 
ington or wherever the Chief Regent shall reside. 

Object. 

The object of this order is to unite the descendants of all 
those of royal descent, male and female, into a body or 
Order of Chivalry, and is not strictly confined to residents 
of America only, but to all persons of royal lineage in 
Europe, America, and elsewhere, and to collect and pre¬ 
serve all genealogical and historical data. 



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Government. 

There shall be a Supreme Council, composed of officers 
of the order, who shall make the laws for the regulation of 
the order, and also an officer for each State or country, to 
be known as a Regent, and the following officers: 

Chief Regent, 

Vice-Regent, 

Herald, 

Registrar, 

Secretary, 

Treasurer, 

Marshal, 

and such other officers as shall be created by the Chief 
Regent or Supreme Council. 

Qualification. 

All ladies and gentlemen of any country who are of 
royal lineage and who belong to the Aryan race. 

Insignia. 

The insignia shall be a golden 
cinquefoil, whose leaves are in¬ 
dented in the'form of a five-armed 
cross, in the center of which is a 
black, two-headed Roman eagle. 

The cinquefoil to be suspended by 
a dark green ribbon from an im¬ 
perial crown attached to the cinque¬ 
foil or rose. 

Seal. 

The seal of the order shall be a 
shield, in the center of which is a 
cinquefoil on a dark green field. 

The shield to have as supporters two 
lions rampant and as a crest an 
imperial crown. 











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Rosette. 

The rosette shall be a yellow rose with a white five- 
pointed star in the center. 


Dues. 

The dues for life membership shall be ten ($10) dollars. 

Admission. 

Admission to companionship in the order shall be solely 
through the Chief Regent, except in the case of Great Brit¬ 
ain, where admission shall be through the Regent of that 
country. 


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Chief Regent 

J. G. B. Bulloch, M. D., Savannah, Georgia. 
Vice-Regent 

Mrs. George W. Brown, nee Mary d’Antignac Cuthbert, 
Washington, D. C. 

Regent for Great Britain 

Miss Hilda Maud Paterson, Birkwood, Banchory, Scotland. 
Registrar 

Miss Jane Cary Fairfax, Washington, D. C. 
Herald 

Rodney Horace Yale, Beatrice, Nebraska. 
Secretary 

Mrs. Robert S. Beale, nee Sophie Clarkson Stuart. 
Treasurer 

Ethelbert Fairfax, Washington, D. C. 

Marshal 

Marcus Benjamin, Washington, D. C. 

Regent for Colorado 
Lucius Montrose Cuthbert. 

Regent for Georgia 
Miss Emma Hamilton Bulloch. 

Regent for Maryland 

Mrs. John C. W'renshall, nee Letitia Humphreys Yonge, 
of Baltimore Md. 

Regent for Wisconsin 

Mrs. Josiah Shepard, nee Jane Maria Yale, Beloit, Wis. 
Regent for Kansas 

Mrs. Martha Yale Gray, Lawrence, Kansas. 



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1. Mrs. Woolsey Aspinwall, nee Sophy d’Antignac 

Cuthbert, now Mrs. Wm. L. McPherson. 

2. George W. Brown. 

3. Cuthbert B. Brown. 

4. Douglas Eugene St. Cloud Bulloch. 

5. Wm. Gaston Glen Bulloch. 

6. Robert H. Bulloch. 

7. Middleton Fuller Cuthbert, M. D. 

8. Miss Maude Heyward. 

9. Mrs. J. A. Moncure, nee Edith Fairfax. 

10. Mrs. Markland, nee Katharine Humphreys Wrens- 

hall. 

11. A. Rhett Stuart, M. D. 

12. Mrs. Charles Russell Train, nee Cuthbert Errol 

Brown. 



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®tie Quarter of % imperial ©rbrr nf % f rllxmi Smse 


We, the undersigned, citizens of the United States, a 
majority being citizens of the District of Columbia, desir¬ 
ing to associate ourselves for historical and genealogical 
purposes, pursuant to the provisions of Sub-Chapter 3 of 
Chapter 18, of the Code of Law for the District of Colum¬ 
bia, do certify as follows: 

First. The name of the Society shall be known in law 
as the Imperial Order of the Yellow Rose. 

Second. The term for which it is organized shall be 
perpetual. 

Third. The particular business and objects of the So¬ 
ciety shall be for historical and genealogical purposes. 

Fourth. The number of its trustees, directors, or man¬ 
agers for the first year of its existence shall be five. 

In witness whereof, we have this 11th day of June, 1908, 
hereunto set our hands. 

J. G. B. Bulloch, M. D. 

[Seal] Marcus Benjamin, 

Jane Cary Fairfax. 


District of Columbia,) 

County of Washington.) ' 

On this 11th day of June, 1908, personally appeared be¬ 
fore me, a Notary Public in and for said District, J. G. B. 
Bulloch, M. D., who being personally well known to me as 
the person who signed the foregoing and annexed certifi¬ 
cate of incorporation, acknowledged the same to be his act 
and deed. 

Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this 11th day of 
June, 1908. 


[Notarial Seal] 


Edwin D Tracy, 

Notary Public. 




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District of Columbia, ss: 

On this twelfth day of June, A. D. 1908, personally ap¬ 
peared before me, Herbert A. Gill, a Notary P.ublic in and 
for the District of Columbia, Marcus Benjamin, being per¬ 
sonally well known to me as the person who signed the 
foregoing and annexed certificate of incorporation, and 
acknowledged the same to be his act and deed. 

Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this 12th day of 
June, A. D. 1908. 

Herbert A. Gill, 

[Notarial Seal] Notary Public , D. C. 


District of Columbia, ss: 

I, J. Alf Hayward, a Notary Public in and for the said 
District, do hereby certify that Jane Cary Fairfax, party to 
a certain certificate of Incorporation bearing date on the 
11th day of June, 1908, and. hereto annexed, personally ap¬ 
peared before me in the District aforesaid, the said Jane 
Cary Fairfax, being personally well known to me to be the 
person who executed the said certificate and acknowledged 
the same to be her act and deed. 

Given under my hand and Notarial Seal this 12th day of 
June, 1908. 

J. Alf Hayward, 

[Notarial Seal] Notary Public. 


Office of Recorder of Deeds, 

District of Columbia. 

This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and verified 
copy of a Certificate of Incorporation, and of the whole 
of such Certificate, as received for record in this office at 
12:21 P. M., the 15th day of June, A. D. 1908. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
affixed the seal of this office this 15th day of June, A. D. 
1908. 


[Seal] 


R. N. Dutton, 

Deputy Recorder of Deeds, D. C. 









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